I'm not sure what one has to do with the other? Different countries, different peoples, and the Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian military would likely want to retain their grip on power regardless of the situation in the rest of the world (including their own region). So I don't see a valid case for linking these two very different problems?

Are you saying that all problems concerning all 1.57 billion Muslims on earth, should be viewed within the prism of the circumstances facing 4.1 million of them? We're only allowed to talk about problems in the Islamic world if we lump the Jewish Palestinian situation into the mix in every case?

Or is it that many Islamophobes have ranted about the Muslim Brotherhood (before there was any indication that they would align themselves with the Egyptian military), and therefore since they hijacked the topic first, we can no longer discuss it in a rational way? I'm trying to understand your logic.

That you can't follow my logic is because in the West the powerful influence of religion has been sublimated - more so in other Western countries than the USA.

By propping up the Zionist State, Westerners then affect surprise at the sudden resurgence of Islam and Islamic values among Moslems in response - over and above that induced by the culture shock of "Western economic freedoms"!

Both Christianity and Islam have a common origin in Judaism. The Muslim Brotherhood is conservatively inclined. So are the bulk of Zionists in Israel. Is there any difficulty in the logic here?

No, it doesn't surprise me, I simply feel bad for the repressed minority & I'm expressing my displeasure. What are the underlying causes, I don't know, nor am I inclined to make far reaching conclusions without credible evidence (I'm not a cultural anthropologist or sociologist). I just know it's wrong, and we should speak out against it.

I don't think it does anyone much good to try and justify this behavior, particularly the the victims of these unfortunate circumstances.

I mean, if you like, we can talk about why Israel exists (for instance, why the Jewish people fled to Israel in the first place). That story is certainly as tragic as any I can think of in modern history.

It's one thing to want to understand the underlying causation behind events, but when causation becomes remote in time and geographic proximity, where the examination begins to look more like conjecture, then I think we're better off simply condemning the offensive behavior, speaking out against it, and working to end it, rather than having an endless academic debate while the victims of these circumstances face acute oppression.

I doubt seriously that Egyptian protests is the bottom line reason...People have been protesting here since the inception of this alleged 'GREAT NATION'

Perhaps some might draw inspiration from Egypt, but I believe the majority draw inspiration from the fact they can't find jobs, feed their families, stay in their homes, or as having their rights as US Citizens honored.
Methinks people are too worried about the Middle East and don't have enough will power to straighten out their own misconceptions or realities regarding what is going on right here in America and what Truths abound about the connection of the Middle East with the United States!